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Things you never knew that when found out made you feel dumb
For me - no idea until a few years ago that your garden variety pickles are just cucumbers (pickled of course)
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Calories Burned During Sex
So a new report has come out disproving the theory that sex is a high calorie burning cardio workout. Apparently the average encounter is 6 minutes with an average burn of 21 calories (apparently the test subjects were not doing it right afaic...) You can read about the report here:…
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Injured rib and running
heya Injured my rib last Saturday- been taking it easy but it still is mighty uncomfortable when I run. Its not broken or cracked - just seems to be bruised and potentially a strained lat. Currently I am on ibuprofen, icy hot patches, lots of stretching and I apply heat to it every night. I have a 10k coming up this Sunday…
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Anyone know of a water bottle that doesnt fracking leak!
Just what the title says- can anyone recommend a water bottle that doesnt leak? I have bought 3 in the last couple of months and ALL of them leak after a few weeks- either from the cap seal, the drinking spout, etc. They fall on their side on the car seat and the seats wet, I drink and get dribbled on, sideways in the…
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I am from Newtown
Graduated Newtown High School, lived there all my life, my wife was a teacher at Newtown High until she retired, my best friend and I used to play right behind that school and my son was classmates with the shooter. We are all in shock here. If anyone wants to grab and re-use my profile pic please feel free.
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Renaissance Faire- Any Guild members (wenches, etc?)
After losing all the weight I have and getting in shape over the last year I treated myself this year to custom leather armor for the local renaissance faire (New York Ren). I have wanted leather armor for like forever but it never looks right on really heavy people (plus it doesnt exactly expand or contract easily!). Last…
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Street Robberies and You - The Basics
This is a repost from AR15.com where this originated. This post has been picked up and is going viral on a ton of gun boards. Read this post- read it again and then one more time. Learn from it. I have experienced some of these situations - as such understand that there are animals out there who will kill you for the…
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Decorative Pillows - Please Explain
I have a nice leather couch that should be able to seat 12... the "accent and decorative" pillows on it drop that down to about 4... and of course every chair has at least one or two on them The wife puts so many pillows on our bed it is tough to see the mattress- and dont ask me where they all disappear to at night but…
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NSV- Jeans
1+ years into this, 80 pounds gone as of today, running 10+ miles every sunday (16+ miles per week), fastest mile ever was recent at 7:39, and am a lifting gym rat of sets and reps... all of that pales to... yesterday for first time in 24+ years I fit into a pair of jeans. As an added bonus they are size 38 jeans- this is…
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HRM NSV
I just realized that in the last 4 months of working out that I have gained so much muscle I need to order the next band size for my HRM. When I got my HRM it came with a "medium" armband and when I tightened it up on my upper arm I had a good 3+" of overlap. Now when I tighten it up I have maybe 3/4" of overlap with my…
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9 Months in - 76 pounds gone
Yep- went from a 305 pound slug that needed the wifes help to get off the couch to 226 pounds training for my first half marathon. I now go to the gym 6 days per week, walk at lunch 5 days per week, take krav maga 4 days per week, and run everywhere. I no longer take the elevator at work (unless injured) and opt for 7…
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Two recent NSVs
So in the last two weeks I have had two NSVs. 1- The first was traveling to see family in Texas by air. Thsi time last year (and for years before that) to buckle my seat belt I would literally pull my stomach fat up, put the fully extended belt under it, press myself as far back in the seat as possible, while exhaling and…
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Happy Veterans Day- Sound off if a former/current vet
Thank you all for what you have done. Being a former infantryman I "get it" a bit more. A Co, 5/187 INF (Rakkasans), 101st Airborne (Air Assault) A Co. 1/187 INF (Rakkasans), 193rd Infantry Brigade, Panama A Co. 4/20th Mech (Sykes Regulars), 193rd Infantry Brigade, Panama
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Personal trainers are the devil...
I am now of the firm opinion that personal trainers were sent up an on express elevator from Hell to bedevil ordinary people. The perky happy attitudes as they effortlessly glide through exercises... But the worst are the demonic tortures they come up with - my trainer today started my strength training routine. I did 3…
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Progress pics after 6 months
Yep- here I am last Arpil, July and last weekend. 6 months ago I couldnt get off the couch without the wife helping me- last week I ran my first 5k in 37 minutes (12:04 per mile, came in 363 out of 485 - I am 48 and still 60 pounds from goal). Toss in the gym 5 days a week, daily walk, running, etc and I doing OK.…
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NSV- Ring? What ring?
So I went to the ren faire the other day and my wife asked me to wear my wedding ring (I rarely wear it as I am around heavy machinery, flight sensitive components, etc). She asked me to wear it as our rings are dragons- mine made out of green gold with ruby eyes and hers is red gold with emerald eyes. I have not worn my…
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5k + Zombies = WIN!!!
What can be better then a 5k race with 12 obstacles (man made and natural) that one has to navigate while being chased by zombies (both fast and shufflers?) http://runforyourlives.com/ I will be at the May 5 race in Boston - I am already signed up. It is also my birthday so my "cake boss" friend will be making me a rotting…
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Who is your Tyler Durden?
Real or fictional - who would be your imaginary friend that would end up startinga fight club with you. Mine would have to be Worf.
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A Humorous NSV
So last week I'm standing in this long hallway at work talking to my supervisor. My gym, diet and krav maga partner- who I have been on this lifetstyle change journey with since April 4- walked into the hallway behind me. Now you have to understand that by "partner" I mean she is there with me 5 days a week at 6:00 AM in…
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Your secret geekiness
SO what do you do for fun/hobby that is just oh so geeky when compared to your serious work? Me- I am 48 and work for Sikorsky Aircraft as a manager for international military helicopters. I handle contracts up into the hundreds of millions (or billions in the case of one customer) and try to keep disparate international…
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Who here is a veteran?
A Co 4/20th Mechanized (Sykes Regulars) - 193rd Panama Brigade A Co 1/187th INF (Rakkasans) - 193rd Panama Brigade A Co 5/187th INF (Rakkasans) - 101st Airborne (Air Assault) I am a former US Army 11B (infantry) - I ran a 90mm Recoiless Rifle and M60 machinegun back in the day. Did my 4, got my college money and got out.…
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NSV at the gym
When I first started out at the gym being the 305 pound behemoth that I was I could barely do 10 minutes on the treadmill. Now 4 months later 60 mins on an elliptical and "wailing on my pecs" for another 45 minutes (i.e. strength training) with my personal trainer is now the norm. Since then I've dropped about 45 pounds…
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Find inner peace by finishing things!
Some doctor on TV this morning said the way to inner peace and happiness was to finish all the things you started. So I looked around my house to see what I started and have not finished yet. So I finished a bottle of vodka, a bodtle of Bailey’s, a botle of wum, a pock of Prungles, an a boc of choclez. Yu haf no idr how…
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25% of weight gone
I started on April 4 deciding to start my life style change. I use MFP to track my cals. Other then that cut out a whole ton of crap food, and for the last 8 weeks have been at the gym 5 days/week (working with a trainer once per week), walking every day 2-3 miles and take krav maga 4 times per week. I started 120 pounds…
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Cannot eat even min cals- why?
So I've been on this lifestyle change for a little over a month. MFP pegged me at 1800 cals/day at my then weight to drop 2 lbs per week. About 4 weeks ago I started hitting the gym hard as well as other things. My normal exercise looks like this: Mon-Sat: 1 hour in gym with 30 mins cardio and 30 mins strength under the…
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Any other shooters? tactical or recreational?
Part of the reason I am losing changing my lifestyle was the dismal performance I did during a recent 3-day combative carbine course. I couldnt get myself into some of the positions to engage, had trouble getting up quickly from a kneeling position never mind prone, and my cardio was so poor that even after a mild "stress"…
